Button.



No. 700,759. Patented May 27', |902.

J. C. FRIEDRICH..

BUTTON.

1App1ication 'led Aug. 30, 1900.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES: INVENTOR:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. FRIEDRICH, OF BORDENTOWN, NEW JERSEY.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. l700,759, dated May 27, 1902.

Application led August 30, 1900. Serial No. 28,613. (No model.)

To (blt whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. FRIEDRICH, of Bordentown, in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, whereof the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention comprises a button provided with means whereby it may be readily attached, detached, and adjusted with respect to one of the depending tabs of the garment forming the subject-matter of my application No. 27,935 for Letters Patent of the United Statgs or a flat strip of fabric similar to such a ta In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are respectively front and rear views of a button conveniently embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the button, showing the pintle-plate which is fixed thereon. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the clasp-bar detached from the pintle-plate shown in Fig. 4c.

In said figures, A is the button-head, provided with the shank B and the pintle-plate C in fixed relation. Said plate comprises a Iiange C and laterally-projectin g pintles o, alined in tangential relation to said shank. The clasp-bar D is hinged to the plate C by means of its lugs d, hung upon the pintles o, vhich are entered in the apertures CZ' in said ugs.

As shownin Figs. l, 2, and 3, the supporting tab or band X is received between the lugs d, which serve to prevent lateral displacement of the button, and the latter is secured in predetermined longitudinal adjustment with 'respect to the band X by the flange C' of the plate C, whichin the position shown in Fig. 3 is embedded in the fabric of the band. It is to be understood that when the parts described are turned in the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3 the button may be shifted longitudinally with respect to the band and reengaged or removed at the will of the operator.

The flange C' is so inclined with respect to the band C thatin the position of engagement shown in Fig. 3 its edge' c vis above the center of oscillation of the pintles c, so that the fabric of the band X must be slightly compressed to turn the plate C to disengaged position, and therefore the elasticity of the material of the band serves to normally retain the parts in the position shown. It is to be noted that the lower edge c2 of the plate C and the lower edge cl2 of the barD are both turned inwardly to prevent accidental engagement of said edges with surrounding objects and that said edge cl2 terminates opposite the annular flange b2, spanning the same at approximately its diameter, so that the fabric Xis firmly gripped between the edge d2 and said flange b2 at two points on the latter when the parts are in the position shown in'Fig. 3.

I prefer to so arrange the various parts of my invention that it may be entirely formed of sheet-metal stampings. As best shown in Fig. 3, the head-plate of the button A is provided with a circumferential flange a, which embraces the outer flange l) upon the tubular shank B, and the pintle-plate C is secured upon said shank between the circumferential bead or shoulder b' and the inner circumferential flange b2 of said shank.

I do not desire to limit myself to the precise details of construction and proportion of the parts which I have shown, as it is obvious that various modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claiml. In a button, the combination with the head A; of the tubular shank B, provided with the annular flange b2, in fixed relation with said head; the pintle-plate C, in fixed relation with said shank; the lian ge C', upon said plate C, in tangential relation with said shank; two pintles c, alined upon the respectively opposite extremities of said iange C; the claspbar D, hung upon said pintles c, and provided with the free edge cl2, opposed to they cavity in said shank in diametrical relation with said iiange b2, substantially as set forth.

2. In a button, the combination with the head A; provided with the ange a; of the tubular shank B, having the flange b, fixed within said flange al' the circumferential shoulder b, upon said shank; the pintle-plate C, fixed upon said shank B, in contact with said shoulder b; the annular flange b2, upon said shank opposed to said shoulder b', and arranged to retain said plate C, in fixed rela- IDO tion with said shank B; the `flange C', upon said plate C, in tangential relation with said shank B, and extending in a, plane inclined with respect, to the axis of said shank; two pintles c, alined upon said flange C', the claspbar D, provided with the free edge cl2, in opposit-ion to said Aflange b2; and opposite lugs d, on the respective extremities of said claspbar hingedly engaged with said pintles, substantially as sei: forth.

JOHN C. FRIEDRICH.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR E. PAIGE, E. L. FULLERTON. 

